Union Health Ministry Conducts Training for Primary Healthcare Services

Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) successfully conducted the National Training of Trainers (NToT) for all five cadres delivering primary healthcare services at Ayushman Arogya Mandirs (AAMs) over a two-day programme at the National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi. The inaugural session was presided over by

Addressing the participants,Smt. Aradhana Patnaik, Additional Secretary and Mission Director (National Health Mission), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. emphasised the critical importance of ensuring the availability of a skilled and quality health workforce across public health facilities. Highlighting the need for quality certification to strengthen community trust in public healthcare services, she stressed the importance of cadre-based training through a decentralised implementation model. She informed that the training programme will now be rolled out in a cascade mode through more than 100 Regional Training Institutes identified across the country from August 2026 onwards.

During the Inaugural session, the Union Health Ministry had launched the Integrated Training Strategy (ITS) along with cadre-specific training modules during the National Summit on Best Practices held in Chandigarh on 30th April 2026, where the initiative was unveiled by the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda.

Sibin C, Joint Secretary, Policy, Union Health Ministry, Prof. (Dr.) Pragya Sharma, Executive Director, NHSRC, and senior officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), National Medical Commission (NMC), and Mission Karmayogi Bharat (MKB), were also present at the event.(UPDATED ON 8TH JULY 2026)